Most anyone who lives in Texas is familiar with the heroic journey that the Monarch butterfly makes every year, as well as the beauty that species possesses. Yet there is a smaller, and less colorful, ...

Scientists have discovered how female Diadem butterflies have evolved to look like African Queen butterflies to repel predators. Scientists have discovered how female Diadem butterflies have evolved ...

The monarch butterflies have migrated north for the summer but their “cousins” the queen butterflies are prominent in many area landscapes, especially if you have milkweeds and one or more good nectar ...

The Diadem (bottom butterfly of each pair) tastes good to birds and therefore mimics the African Queen (top butterfly of each pair) which is distasteful as it feeds on milkweeds. As the African Queen ...